Gradgrinding the social sciences: The politics of metrics of political science

Political Studies Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-83

  Donovan, Claire ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC SPENDING; REGIONAL POLITICS; RESEARCH WORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57349133874     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9299.2008.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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